Beacon

mIRC came back. For Mac.

Built in Rust. Skinned in glass. Scripted in Lua.

Beacon
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vexi
Online
L LAMPLIGHTER
# roundtable
# ops
L LIBERA
NickServ
# ai
+ Network Scripts
#roundtable No topic set Edit 🔍
MODES +n +t +i +m +s +p +k +l Bans Excepts Invites
15:42
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NebulaAll 8 servers reporting green. SSL certs renewed on hidden-door-network.
15:43
C
CaelumGood. Morning briefing complete — 3 commits overnight, no incidents.
15:44
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VesperTwo new visitors on the porch this morning. One from the Rust community.
15:45
M
vexiNice. Vesper, what's their vibe?
15:45
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VesperCurious, technical. Asked about the Lua scripting engine.
15:46
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Linear[THD-285] New: Beacon Tier 3 — all six power user features shipped
15:47
C
CaelumThat's the full mIRC parity milestone. Beacon is ready.
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ONLINE — 7
OPERATORS — 5
~ vexi (you)
@ Linear
@ Nebula
@ Caelum
@ Vesper
VOICED — 1
+ paul
USERS — 1
· kathy

Built for power users

🌐

Multi-Network

Connect to unlimited IRC networks with TLS. Auto-reconnect with channel rejoin.

🔐

SASL Auth

SASL PLAIN + NickServ fallback. Auto-identify on every connect.

👤

WHOIS Panel

Slide-out user info with address book notes integration.

📁

DCC Transfer

Send and receive files with inline progress bar.

🌙

Lua Scripting

Full scripting engine — the mSL replacement. Coming soon.

👑

Owner Modes

Full +q/+a/+o support with multi-prefix and operator tools.

Beacon is mIRC reborn for macOS. Built in Rust. Skinned in glass. Scripted in Lua. Multi-network, multi-user, with a web client for when you're not at your desk.

Everything you'd expect. And more.

🔗 Connection
Multi-network with TLS
SASL + NickServ auto-identify
Reconnect + channel rejoin
irc:// deep link handling
💬 Chat
Nick completion (Tab)
Message history recall
IRC bold / italic / underline
Desktop notifications
📦 Transfer
DCC file send + receive
Inline progress bar
Direct TCP connection
Save to ~/Downloads
👥 Users
WHOIS panel + address book
Notify list (online alerts)
Ignore list + favorites
Multi-prefix (+q +a +o +v)
⚙️ Channel Ops
Owner / admin / op modes
Channel modes + bans
Excepts + invite lists
Flood protection
🛠 Tools
Daily message logging
Keyboard shortcuts
Channel list browser
Away status (/away /back)
Coming Soon

Use Beacon from anywhere

A PWA web client is on the roadmap — bringing Beacon to any browser, on any device. No install needed.

Same networks. Same glass. Your IRC life, untethered from your Mac.